Baibala: Pono anei ka bapetizo no ke ola?

ʻO ka bapetizo kahi hōʻailona waho o kahi mea a ke Akua i hana ai i kou ola.

He hōʻailona ʻike ia e lilo i mea kākau i mua ou. I ka bapetizo, e haʻi ana ʻoe i ka honua i ka mea a ke Akua i hana ai no ʻoe.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Roma 6: 3-7: "ʻAʻole anei ʻoe i ʻike i ka nui o mākou i bapetizo ʻia ma o Kristo Iesū i bapetizo ʻia i kona make? No laila ua kanu ʻia mākou me ia ma ka bapetizo i ka make, e like me ka hoʻāla ʻana o Kristo mai ka make mai e ka nani o ka Makua, a pēlā pū mākou e hele ai i ka mana hou o ke ola.

"No ka mea, inā i hui pū ʻia mākou i ke ʻano o kona make ʻana, he ʻano like pū me ia o kona ala hou ʻana, i ka ʻike ʻana i kēia, ua kaulia pū ʻia ko mākou ʻelemakule me ia, i hiki ai ke hoʻopau ʻia ke kino o ka lawehala, a mai lilo mākou i mau kauā na ka hewa. No ka mea ʻo ka mea i make i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai ka lawehala ".

ʻO ke ʻano o ka bapetizo
ʻO ka bapetizo ʻana he hōʻailona no ka make, kanu ʻana a me ke ala hou ʻana, no laila ke kumu i bapetizo ʻia ai ka hale pule mua e ka bapetizo ʻana. ʻO ka manaʻo o ka huaʻōlelo "bapetizo" e hoʻowī iā ʻoe iho. He hōʻailona ia no ka make ʻana o Kristo, ke kanu ʻana a me ke ala hou ʻana a hōʻike i ka make ʻana o ka lawehala kahiko i ka bapetizo ʻia ʻana.

Ke aʻo a Iesū no ka bapetizo ʻana
ʻIke pū mākou he mea kūpono ka bapetizo ʻana. Ua bapetizo ʻia ʻo Iesū ʻoiai ʻo ia hewa ʻole. 'Leloʻo Matthew 3: 13-15: "... Ua ho'āʻoʻo John e kāohi iā ia, e'ōlelo ana," Pono iaʻu e bapetizoʻia e ʻoe a e hele mai ʻoe i oʻu nei? "ʻ answeredlelo maila ʻo Iesū iā ia, ʻī maila iā ia," E ʻae ʻoe ʻānō, no ka mea, he mea pono nō iā mākou e hoʻokō i nā pono a pau. A laila ua ʻae ʻo ia iā ia. "

Kauoha aku ʻo Iesu i nā Kristiano e hele a bapetizo i kēlā me kēia kanaka. "E hele aku e hana i mau haumana no na lahuikanaka a pau, e bapetizo ana ia lakou ma ka inoa o ka Makua a me ke Keiki a me ka Uhane Hemolele" (Mat. 28:19).

Ua hoʻohui ʻo Iesū i kēia e pili ana i ka bapetizo ʻana ma Mareko 16: 15-16, "… E komo i ka honua a pau e haʻi aku i ka ʻeuanelio i nā mea āpau. ʻO ka mea e manaʻoʻiʻo mai a bapetizo ʻia, e ola ia; aka, o ka mea manaoio ole mai, e hoahewaia oia. "

Ua palekana anei mākou mai ka bapetizo ʻana?
E ʻike ʻoe i ka hoʻopili ʻana o ka Baibala i ka bapetizo ʻana me ke ola. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole ka hana o ka bapetizo i hoʻopakele iā ʻoe. Epeso 2: 8-9 maopopo leʻa ʻaʻole hāʻawi kā kā mākou hana i ko mākou ola. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa ke ola, inā paha mākou i bapetizo ʻia.

Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e nīnau iā ʻoe iho. Inā ʻo Iesu e noi iā ʻoe e hana i kahi mea a hōʻole ʻoe e hana, he aha ke ʻano? ʻO ke ʻano he mea ʻole ʻole ʻoe. Ua mihi maoli anei kekahi kanaka hoʻolohe? ʻAʻole loa!

ʻO ka bapetizo ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopakele iā ʻoe, ua hana ʻo Iesū! Akā ʻo ka hōʻole ʻana i ka bapetizo ʻōlelo kekahi mea ikaika e pili ana i ke ʻano o kou pilina me Iesū.

E hoʻomanaʻo, inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke bapetizo ʻia, e like me ka ʻaihue ma ke keʻa, maopopo ke Akua i kāu kūlana. Eia nō naʻe, inā hiki iā ʻoe ke bapetizo ʻia a makemake ʻole a koho ʻole paha, ʻo kēlā hana he lawehala makemake ʻole e hōʻole ʻole iā ʻoe mai ke ola ʻana.